Bug 1252

Summary:	zlib-1.1.4.tar.bz2 seems to be 404
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Hagabard <kloen>
Component:	[OLD] Library	Assignee:	Daniel Robbins (RETIRED) <drobbins>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	blocker
Priority:	High
Version:	1.0 RC6 r14
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://www.ibiblio.org/gentoo/distfiles/zlib-1.1.4.tar.bz2
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Hagabard 2002-03-20 00:25:07 UTC

>>> Fetching zlib-1.1.4.tar.bz2...

>>> Trying site http://www.ibiblio.org/gentoo/distfiles/zlib-1.1.4.tar.bz2...
--00:11:22--  http://www.ibiblio.org/gentoo/distfiles/zlib-1.1.4.tar.bz2
           => `/usr/portage/distfiles/zlib-1.1.4.tar.bz2'
Resolving www.ibiblio.org... done.
Connecting to www.ibiblio.org[152.2.210.81]:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
00:11:22 ERROR 404: Not Found.

>>> Trying site ftp://ftp.freesoftware.com/pub/infozip/zlib/zlib-1.1.4.tar.bz2...
--00:11:22--  ftp://ftp.freesoftware.com/pub/infozip/zlib/zlib-1.1.4.tar.bz2
           => `/usr/portage/distfiles/zlib-1.1.4.tar.bz2'
Resolving ftp.freesoftware.com... failed: Host not found.
!!! Couldn't download zlib-1.1.4.tar.bz2.  Aborting.

Manually browsing the distfiles I see:
 zlib-1.1.3.tar.gz 07-Mar-2002 01:57   165k  GZIP compressed document
but not 1.1.4.

Comment 1 Seemant Kulleen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-03-21 08:30:49 UTC

This seems like a DNS issue at your end.  It should go into the ibiblio mirrors
at some point.  But in the meantime, I can resolve that ftp.freesoftware.com,
whereas it seems as though you were unable to.
Odd, that.